Literature Fellowships

Below is a list of all NEA Literature Fellowships awarded since 1965. You can search by year, name, or fellowship type (creative writing or translation). 

We also have sections where you can find out more information about some of the fellows. You can meet some of the fellows who received creative writing awards from 2001 to the present. You can meet some of the fellows who received translation awards from 2011 to the present.

Name Year Type Language
Laurel Blossom 1987 Creative Writing
Richard Perry 1989 Creative Writing
Dagoberto Gilb 1992 Creative Writing
Virginia Furtwangler 1994 Creative Writing
Sarah Messer 1999 Creative Writing
James Kimbrell 2005 Creative Writing
Mary Szybist 2009 Creative Writing
Sandra Gail Lambert 2018 Creative Writing
R. Michael Bundgaard 1966 Creative Writing
Louise M. Meriwether 1973 Creative Writing
John Milton 1976 Creative Writing
Martin M. Wampler 1978 Creative Writing
Lance S. Belville 1980 Creative Writing
Jack Myers 1982 Creative Writing
Michael R. Collier 1984 Creative Writing
Allen Ginsberg 1987 Creative Writing
Fenton Johnson 1989 Creative Writing
Miles Wilson 1991 Creative Writing
J. D. Whitney 1994 Creative Writing
Kathleen Tyau 1998 Creative Writing